Female Support Worker

Lady in her 30's who has a functional neurological and non-epileptic attack disorder is looking for a caring, patient, and supportive individual who has a great sense of humour to support her in the mornings to get her children ready for school and then take them to school. I have a very bubbly and lively personality who likes a good laugh so it is important that you can make a light heart of things and not be phased by my attacks when they happen.

There may be a couple days a week where there is extra hours to support with shopping, supporting me to do errands and going to places I enjoy such as a tea room, farm shop or general shops especially with Christmas coming as I love shopping.

Going out and about, Shopping, Tea rooms and food

The individual has allergies:
Penicillin, seeds, nuts, mustard, and latex. The individual keeps pets in the home: 2 German Shepherd dogs.

• Support and/or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.
• Support and/or prompt with cooking/meal preparation and eating meals/drinks.
• Support and/or prompt the individual to take medication.
• Assist with household chores and general homemaking.
• Support and/or prompt to attend appointments as necessary, e.g. hospital/doctors.
• Support with food shopping.
• Support to get to and from school/work/college/social activities.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Promote and encourage friendships and independence.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.
• Support with managing paperwork & correspondence.

The individual's needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required. You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and/or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

• Car driver and car owner – must have business insurance.
• Be honest, reliable, trustworthy and punctual. Maintain confidentiality and respect privacy, including the prohibited use of social media in relation to the job role.
• To be able to work on own initiative.
• To work as part of a team.
• To be able to follow instructions accurately.
• Be patient, supportive and caring.
• Have good listening skills and be able to provide non-judgemental emotional support.
• Be empathetic.
• Previous caring experience is not essential, however you should have a genuine interest in supporting people with a disability/illness to achieve their goals.
• Be able to work flexibly, adapting to the employers needs on a daily basis.
• Be self-motivated with a willingness to get involved.
• Have a lively personality.

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.